Faith's jaw surgery is scheduled for Thursday, June 7th, starting early in the morning. We are flying out on June 4th into Indiannapolis and then driving to Cincinnati that evening. We have a room reserved at the Homestead Suites and have submitted our application to the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) next door to the hospital, now we just need to reserve a rental car. We wont know if we can stay at the Ronad McDonald House until 24 hours before Faith's first appointment, when they will put us on their wait list and then it's just a matter of how many other families are there, for how long and how many other families are on the waiting list ahead of us. The Homestead Suites is a nice alternative for a bit more money, but it is 20 minutes away from the hospital and it would just be easier to go back and forth more frequently if we were next door. I will try to post pretty frequently during the whole trip including some fun things we will try to get in ahead of time, like the zoo, aquarium and maybe a Cincinnati Reds game, as well as some before, during and after pictures.
Friday the hospital called to tell us Faith needs to come in for a blood draw before the surgery so that they can type her blood and have it on hand during the surgery. I didn't like hearing that she could lose enough blood during the surgery that she would need a transfusion. Ugh. Faith wasn't happy to hear about it either. In fact, she hasn't ever had to give blood for tests since she was a baby or under anesthesia, so I'm afraid this will be really hard for her.
We also found out a couple days ago that another little girl from Colorado (Chloe) will be having the same exact surgery the day after Faith with Dr. Gordon as well. We have met them a couple of times, but haven't spent much time together as they live about 1.5 hours north of us in Fort Collins. I'm guessing we will end up seeing them a lot more in the hospital!
I'm starting my new job this week - heading to Philadelphia in the morning and coming home on Thursday night. Anthony finishes 2nd grade on Wednesday this week and then Faith graduates from Kindergarten next Thursday, May 31st. Hopefully Fred will get a couple good pictures of Anthony's end of the year party while I'm gone. It's a bummer to have to be out of town for his last week of school, but at least it's not a year when he's having a graduattion and thankfully I will be home for Faith's.
New pictures to come soon!
Robin
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